Dominic Grieve

The government’s former top legal officer carries clout thanks to his former job, and is not afraid to speak out about the complexities of Brexit. While describing the EU (Withdrawal) Bill as “vital,” the former attorney general said that in its current form — an “astonishing monstrosity” — he “will be in no position to support it at third reading.”

It is not just his legal know-how that could make the government sweat. Grieve has also accused ministers of leaving a “big hole” in the fundamental rights of U.K. citizens abroad after Brexit.

PARTY: Conservative

POSITION: Backbench MP

MP SINCE: 1997

REMAINIAC OR BREXTREMIST? Remain

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Sue Smith

The supposedly erudite Dominic Grieve has just said in debate that “we are a deeply divided nation as 48 per cent of the electorate voted to remain”. THis from a former Attorney General who is aleegedly steeped in detail. Forty eight per cent of the electorate did note vote remain. the figures were precisely 52 – 48 only of the people who bothered to get out and vote TWENTY SEVEN per cent of the electorate did not vote at all!